I am the mayor of Hillsborough and I have a few thoughts about this. I want to start by centering the family on the corner who was standing right there in direct line of receiving these vile anti-Semitic words and gestures.

https://twitter.com/triad_city_beat/status/1309952662952194048

I know this mom and her family well. She is an incredible person and having her and her family in our town makes our town a better place. She and her kids do community service yard work all over town - for free - because she has a deep commitment to helping others, 2/

We are all tired, but now, more than ever, is the time for our community to turn toward each other and support all the things that make Hillsborough special. #HillsboroughStrong ♥️

newsoforange.com/community/arti… “The meals you buy from local restaurants put meals on their employees’ tables. The holiday gift you buy in September helps pay a retail shop’s rent in October. The art you support keeps visitors coming to see what else we have to offer.”

Let’s talk about this story. It is easy to read this story and think it is just a story about generosity. It is definitely a story about generosity, and love of community. And if you are in the position to do what the people in this story are doing... newsobserver.com/opinion/articl… I highly encourage it - eagerly embrace it here in our town. I do not aim to diminish that real generosity and community love.

But this story also shows how broken things are. Survival of our local business ecosystems and all those who work in it should not...

Listening in on (at least part of) a zoom meeting for OC area small businesses. Too many partners making this happen to name, but thank you to all the government jurisdictions, economic development folks, and both local chambers of commerce. @AaronNelson1 giving a full update &.. Message he brings from folks at UNC Hospitals: The one thing people in the community to do to help us heed the call to stay home as much as possible and practice diligent physical/social distancing from others. (Paraphrase)

I am on the town board of Hillsborough, NC, and I appreciate the alarm shared by people across the country about the Klan showing face (literally) here yesterday - including amplification by @soledadobrien and @BetoORourke - but something important is getting lost in the story. 1 As word quickly spread that they were here, 70-80 local residents and town officials stopped what they were doing on a Saturday afternoon to rush downtown to stand against the Klan in solidarity and anti racist love. Many of the people were eating at restaurants up the street. 2

“Bigger roads haven’t solved congestion...we’ve built places where driving is the only way to get around” tinyurl.com/ycg2fjhg I would like to tweet almost every bit of that article. One great idea in there - currently federal Smart Starts program (funding DOLRT)

Gratitude to everyone showing up in Morrisville/Cary today to stand for their neighbors, for safe communities, and against ICE. Always 1/ hold in mind that ICE was created in the wake of 9-11 as part of a crackdown that sacrificed civil liberties in the name of “safety”. 2/

This is the most beautiful thing. Thank you, @AdyBarkan. bit.ly/2CEneHR Yet it is in these moments of defeat that hopeful, collective struggle retains its greatest power. I can transcend my dying 1/

I don’t think there’s any way to read the experiences laid out in this article and come to any conclusion other than the government is intentionally making it near impossible for parents to be reunited with their own children. newyorker.com/sections/news/… “In order to regain custody of their children, immigrants like Hernández need to collect documents that prove their fitness as parents and submit their fingerprints.”

Excited to be at the Orange County Commuter Options lunch and learn with the @hborochamber and @OCNCGOV TDM coordinator Allyson Coltrane! @hborochamber @OCNCGOV Allyson will be hosting a #BikeMonth event on May 25, 1-3, with Hillsborough Bicycle! 🚴

New Farm Bill draft is 👎. The @ocfoodcouncil signed this op-ed with 3 other food councils @ncjustice and @MomsRising newsobserver.com/opinion/articl… The Farm Bill renewal offers a perfect reason to say again why I believe so much in the work of the @ocfoodcouncil. The Farm Bill is systems level legislation - covers farmers, food assistance, school nutrition, consumers - & systems level work is essential for addressing hunger.

Packed house at Whitted building for Inaugural Coordinated Reentry Council Meeting. Grateful to be in a community that sees the value. Folks from DPS, Governor's office, @OCNCGOV @OrangeHealthNC, CJR director Cait Fenhagen, OC Correctional Staff, some I forgot, I'm sure.

in ✈️ on RDU tarmac, place is shutdown until ⛈ passes, which my weather app says has 100% chance of being here til 12AM so everything's fine Also phone almost dead and I have no book. 😱😭

I don’t usually make this ask, but I would love it if every currently/fellow/aspiring elected official I’m connected to #onhere would read this entire thread, sit with its smart and sober conclusions, and think long and hard about what y/our role is in these circumstances.

https://twitter.com/drvox/status/980866177676206080

There’s so much to be said about this and others do it better than me every day, but for us state and local folks, housing and zoning and transportation decisions have huge impacts on consumption and emissions and we make those decisions all the time.

Plane pulling back into the gate because the electric seats in first class aren't working. All us coach folks: "They have electric seats??" We would revolt, but we've been up since 3:15 AM and too weak to wield our pitchforks.

Today is really about listening to kids, but here’s my message to high school students walking out today (sorry in advance for too-long thread): I have two kids, in second and fifth grade over at Hillsborough Elementary. Every day when they leave for school I make sure to 1/ to kiss them good bye and tell them I love them. And this is like, a thing with me. They walk to school and I will call them back down the drive or chase them up the block if they leave without this ritual because - and I know other parents do this too - if something should 2/